The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-12
INTRaEsTTNGTOPICs
Saturdays Crime and Casualty Re.
cord.
FREIGHT FAKERs ARRESTED.


, past the freight cars of the Chicago
Rock Island s. Pacific Railway com
Ipany have been plundered. The thieves
took everything possible from grain Il
general merchandise. Detectives were
set at work and soon discovered thai
the robberies were committed in the
town of Lake, and that large gang Of
thieves were engaged in the work. Or
the night of April 10 the detectives
mounted guard on train of merchan.
disc standing near Forty-Seventh
Street. They were rewarded by the
arrival of the thieves, who proceeded
to break open carload of hides. The
officers permitted them to get well
along, and then endeaYOred to capture
them. A stock train was backing
/ down the track, however, and as
the plunderers leaped to the ground,
this train cut them off completely
from all the officers save one named
William Allen, who instantly opened
fire. The fire was as promptly re-
turned, and blow from a Car link on
the head stretch out Allen. at this
moment another detective, who had
swung himself through the moving
train came on the scene and fired at
the fugitives. He was almost able to
oveTtake one, whom he recognized to
be a burglar named Fred Keyser. Since
that time the Rock Island officers have
been quietly at work and have dis
covered portion of the gang in the
persons of Pat McAuley, Edward
Mushler, Joe Morris, Fred Keyser, and
Robt. johnson, all OF them known to be
hard characters. McAuley, MushleT
and Morris are safe in hand, and to-
day Robt. Johnson was arrested here
leaving but one unaccounted for.
THE SPIRIT MOVED HER.
CINCINNATI, May IA special from
Greensburg, Ind, says that John
ing by his wife in his brother Charles
bakery. They had separated short
time ago and John was living with his
brother. The cause of their separation
was Mrs. Fromer's violent aversion
to her husbands two little children by
| a former wife. Since the separation
she has asked him to return and put
the children in a boarding house, which
he refused to do. To-day she talked
to him in the bakery awhile and was
heard to say several times won't you
come home John" and as he said mo-
and turned to go; she drew a revolver
| and fired. Just then she was caught
| and disarmed. She said she intended
| to kill herself also. She talks insanely,
saying Gods spirit told her to kill her
husband.
AN APPEAL TAKEN.
| ST. LOUIS, May IA special from
Nogales says: Regarding the .execu-
| ton of the Mexican military prisoners
sentenced to be shot for creating
| trouble near here some time ago, Gov
efnOr Torres telegraphs j. j. Chatham:
Military prisoners have applied to
a higher military court of justice in
Mexico for an appeal of their sentence.
Case has to be sent there.
| [Signed1 LOUIS E. TORRES.
This telegram is in answer to pri-
application just in time to prevent
| their execution. A higher court means
| the President and Secretary of War.
The prisoners are confined in the prison
| at Guaymas and are separated, each
one being in close confinement. This
action means death sentence.
| AN ENTERPRISING POLICEMAN.
New YORK, May 7.-POlice Superin-
tendent Murray was dumbfounded
when few days ago he learned that
| in a business house in Lower Broad
way a policeman in full uniform had
set up lottery and policy business of
| his own, and was selling tickets.
Detectives were put on the case, and
found that the story was true. The
| policeman's name is Morris Colbert.
He is assigned to post at the mercan-
tile building and thought he could in
crease his income somewhat by selling
Louisiana Lottery tickets and policy
gigs. Colbert was arrested this fore
noon and taken to police headquarters
where Superintendent Murray cut off
his brass buttons and tore of his
stripes. He was then locked up. The
detectives who worked up the case won
considerable money on the tickets
bought from the enterprising police
man. The money was turned into the
police pension fund.
FOTHERINGHAM SUES FOR DAMAGES.
ST. LOUIS, May david S. Fother-
;pShaml through his ATTORNEYS. filed
suit for 800, 900 in the circuit court
this afternoon for the recovery of dam
ages from the Adams Express COmpa-
nv. Superintendent DamSel and De-
tective Pinkerton. The amount asks
$40 600 for false imprisonment and $4O,-
900 each on two counts for Indictment
and prosecution. The petition sets
forth in the first count that on the 18th
of October, 1886, he was arrested and
Company, Superintendent Damsel and
Detective PinkertOn, suffering pain of
body and mind, was injured in his
credit and good name and prevented
| from attending his duties, from which
| he was damaged to the extent of $780,
| 600. Defendants had him jointly with
| Jim Cummings and others indicted for
having felOniOusly stolen $60, GOO from
| the said express company, and had his
bail fixed at $40, 900, and he was unable
| to obtain his release and was in dur
ance for several weeks when his bail
was reduced to 81 800, which he obtain
cd and was released. The prosecution
was malicious, and he paid $1,000 for
costs and attorneys fees to defend
| his good name, for which he now prays
| for $40, 600 damages. The third count
is similar to the second, except it states
that he was acquitted of the charge
and claims $4,000.
WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
NEW YORK, May IA dispatch
dated Independence. Mo-, was widely
circulated some time ago relating t9
dismissal of the case of Samuel
Schoeffer, who was under indictment
charged with attempting to bring about
the murder of John l. Blair, OF Blairs-
town, n. j. The dispatch stated that
the dismissal of the case was slgnli-
cant, as Mr.. Blair is under Indictment
in Kansas City for assault upon the
life of Schoeffer. 1t is now learned
that this statement is absolutely with
L
was ever found or such charge made
against Mr.. Blair.
INDICTMENTS FOUND.
MINNEAPOLIS, Kan, May 1.-THE
Grand Jury has returned two indict-
ments against violators of the Prohibi-
tory law, F. Guisinger and E. s. l.
Crosby. The Jury disagreed on the
former case, but he is in jail and viii
have another trial this term.
/ ANARCHIST GRoTTKAU SENTENCED.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, May Pau,
Grottkau, the anarchist, was this morn
ing sentenced to one year at hard labor
in the House of Correction, by judge
Sloan. An appeal will be taken to thu
Supreme Court.
WEDNESDAYS WRECK NEAR ALBU
QUERQUE-
u ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, May T.
Owing to the telegraph embargo thu
, particulars of the disastrous wreck Of
Wednesday on the Atlantic s. Pacific
railroad forty miles east of Daggeti
1 station has inst NOW reached here